
The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics, in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China), the National Institute for Fiscal Studies (NIFS) and School of Economics and Management (SEM) at Tsinghua University, will host a virtual seminar series to inspire research and discussion on public policy issues relating to China. Focusing on a wide range of topics in public economics, the seminar will be a premier forum for frontier economic research and dialogue on Chinese economic issues.
Past Seminars (2021)
11/25 Speaker: Jonathan Gruber
Topic: The Largest Insurance Program in History: Saving One Million Lives Per Year in China
11/11 Speaker: David M. Cutler
Topic: Survival of the City
10/28 Speaker: Liran Einav
Topic: Customers and Retail Growth
10/14 Speaker: Benjamin A. Olken
9/29 Speaker: Henrik Kleven
9/15 Speaker: Austan Goolsbee
Topic: Fear, Lockdown, and Diversion: Comparing Drivers of Pandemic Economic Decline